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[Email from Betty Jane Williams to Jan and Mickey, June 3, 2006] (open access)

[Email from Betty Jane Williams to Jan and Mickey, June 3, 2006]

Email from Betty Jane Williams to Jeannette Goodrum and Eleanor Brown requesting their reply to Williams' email about recognizing and rewarding Sherry Ringler for her contributions to the WASP.
Date: June 3, 2006
Creator: Williams, Betty Jane
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 204, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 3, 2006 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 204, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 3, 2006

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 3, 2006
Creator: Cash, Wanda Garner
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Department of Transportation approves DART funding (open access)

Department of Transportation approves DART funding

News release about DART Rail and the Department of Transportation's approval of funding for DART's expansion of its light rail service.
Date: June 3, 2006
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Margaret Gardner, June 3, 2006 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Margaret Gardner, June 3, 2006

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Margaret Gardner. Gardner married Russell Emmett Edwards on 2 November 1943. Edwards joined the Navy in 1941. Gardner provides some details of Edwards’ flight training in Florida, where he was selected for a night fighter squadron. He completed additional training in Charleston, Rhode Island aboard the Grumman F6F Hellcats. Gardner notes the various places she and Edwards lived while he was training in Florida and Rhode Island. She also provides some details of their pending wedding date, which policy implored must take place after Edwards received his wings. Edwards completed his flying missions from aboard the USS Independence (CVL-22) and was killed in action 6 January 1945. Gardner provides details of how she learned of Edwards death. She attended 28 of the CVLG 41 VF-41 reunions over the last 58 years to maintain contact with Edwards’ crew members she had met during his flight training days.
Date: June 3, 2006
Creator: Gardner, Margaret
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jesse Barker, June 3, 2006 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jesse Barker, June 3, 2006

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jesse T. Barker. Barker joined the Navy and entered the V-5 Naval Aviation Program in April 1941. Completing his training at Pensacola in September, he received his wings and commission. Upon arriving in San Diego, he was assigned to the USS Saratoga (CV-3) and traveled to Pearl Harbor. After additional training, he was assigned to the USS Enterprise (CV-5) and participated in the invasion of Guadalcanal. A group of twelve pilots were temporarily assigned to Henderson Field and Barker describes missions he flew. He recalls harassment by a Japanese plane called Washing Machine Charlie. Returning to the US he reported to the Vero Beach, Florida Naval Air Station to serve as a dive bomber instructor. After serving there for one year he volunteered for night fighter training and was sent to Quonset Point, Rhode Island. He describes the procedure of using radar in flying night missions. After six months of training he went to Pearl Harbor where he underwent advanced training. He was then assigned to the USS Independence (CVL-22) and relates his experiences during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. He was then transferred to the USS Intrepid …
Date: June 3, 2006
Creator: Barker, Jesse T.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Margaret Gardner, June 3, 2006 transcript

Oral History Interview with Margaret Gardner, June 3, 2006

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Margaret Gardner. Gardner married Russell Emmett Edwards on 2 November 1943. Edwards joined the Navy in 1941. Gardner provides some details of Edwards’ flight training in Florida, where he was selected for a night fighter squadron. He completed additional training in Charleston, Rhode Island aboard the Grumman F6F Hellcats. Gardner notes the various places she and Edwards lived while he was training in Florida and Rhode Island. She also provides some details of their pending wedding date, which policy implored must take place after Edwards received his wings. Edwards completed his flying missions from aboard the USS Independence (CVL-22) and was killed in action 6 January 1945. Gardner provides details of how she learned of Edwards death. She attended 28 of the CVLG 41 VF-41 reunions over the last 58 years to maintain contact with Edwards’ crew members she had met during his flight training days.
Date: June 3, 2006
Creator: Gardner, Margaret
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jesse Barker, June 3, 2006 transcript

Oral History Interview with Jesse Barker, June 3, 2006

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jesse T. Barker. Barker joined the Navy and entered the V-5 Naval Aviation Program in April 1941. Completing his training at Pensacola in September, he received his wings and commission. Upon arriving in San Diego, he was assigned to the USS Saratoga (CV-3) and traveled to Pearl Harbor. After additional training, he was assigned to the USS Enterprise (CV-5) and participated in the invasion of Guadalcanal. A group of twelve pilots were temporarily assigned to Henderson Field and Barker describes missions he flew. He recalls harassment by a Japanese plane called Washing Machine Charlie. Returning to the US he reported to the Vero Beach, Florida Naval Air Station to serve as a dive bomber instructor. After serving there for one year he volunteered for night fighter training and was sent to Quonset Point, Rhode Island. He describes the procedure of using radar in flying night missions. After six months of training he went to Pearl Harbor where he underwent advanced training. He was then assigned to the USS Independence (CVL-22) and relates his experiences during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. He was then transferred to the USS Intrepid …
Date: June 3, 2006
Creator: Barker, Jesse T.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 109, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 3, 2006 (open access)

Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 109, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 3, 2006

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 3, 2006
Creator: Brown, Gloria
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History